page_title: Zimmer tower
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caption_attribution_description: Deutsch&#x3a;&#32; Zimmerturm in Lier, Belgien.English&#x3a;&#32; Upper part of the northwest side of the Zimmer tower (former Cornelius tower) at Lier, Belgium, on 19 February 2005 at 13:57, with the Jubilée clock (installed after the restoration of the tower for the centenary of the Kingdom of Belgium). The big central dial shows the current local legal time in Belgium (UTC+1, standard time in winter when the photograph was taken), in half-day hours and minutes. The twelve smaller dials disposed around the centre are showing, clockwise from top: the phase of the moon; the metonic cycle and the epact; the equation of time; the zodiac; the solar cycle and the dominical letter; the week; the Earth’s globe; the months; the calendar dates in the month; the seasons; the tides; the age of the moon.Français&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Partie supérieure de la face nord-ouest de la tour Zimmer (anciennement appelée tour Cornelius) à Lierre en Belgique, le 19 février 2005 à 13h57, avec l’horloge du Jubilée (installée après la restauration de la tour pour le centenaire du Royaume de Belgique). Le grand cadran central montre l’heure légale locale en Belgique (UTC+1, heure normale en hiver lorsque la photo a été prise), en heures semi-quotidiennes et minutes. Les douze plus petits cadrans disposés tout autour montrent, dans le sens horaire depuis le haut&#160;: la phase de la lune&#160;; le cycle métonique et l’épacte&#160;; l’équation du temps&#160;; le zodiaque&#160;; le cycle solaire et la lettre dominicale du jour&#160;; la semaine&#160;; le globe terrestre&#160;; les mois&#160;; les dates calendaires&#160;; les saisons&#160;; les marées&#160;; l’âge de la lune.Nederlands&#x3a;&#32; Zimmertoren in Lier.Русский&#x3a;&#32; Башня Зиммера в городе Лир (Бельгия).
context_page_description: The Zimmer tower is a tower in Lier, Belgium, also known as the Cornelius tower, that was originally a keep of Lier's fourteenth century city fortifications. In 1930, astronomer and clockmaker Louis Zimmer built the Jubilee Clock, which is displayed on the front of the tower, and consists of 12 clocks encircling a central one with 57 dials. These clocks showed time on all continents, phases of the moons, times of tides and many other periodic phenomena.
  In 1980 the tower became a state-protected monument.
context_section_description: The Zimmer tower (Dutch: Zimmertoren) is a tower in Lier, Belgium, also known as the Cornelius tower, that was originally a keep of Lier's fourteenth century city fortifications. In 1930, astronomer and clockmaker Louis Zimmer (1888–1970) built the Jubilee (or Centenary) Clock, which is displayed on the front of the tower, and consists of 12 clocks encircling a central one with 57 dials. These clocks showed time on all continents, phases of the moons, times of tides and many other periodic phenomena.
  In 1980 the tower became a state-protected monument.
caption: Detail view of the Jubilee clock
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